Deb's Blog: Our River House Fixer Upper

The master bath is done! Whew, that took a while.

This is how it started...

A tiny room with an awkward arrangement.

We went to work April of last year...tearing everything out.

In May (last year), we had the room re-plumbed and installed our new 6 foot tub.

The following month, the cement boards were installed for the new tile installation.

It was several months before we were able to get back to work on this bathroom. We were working hard on the other rooms. But after the Christmas holidays, it was time to get started on the tile.

We purchased the vanities back in the early summer of 2017, thinking these would work perfectly, but they didn't. Ending up selling these on Craigslist. We then set about looking for a vanity that would work in this space.

Would not work, due to the room not being square. Bummer!

While we were looking for a vanity, we went ahead and installed the light fixtures.

We finally found a vanity we liked.

Next, we needed a vanity top. You would think for the price, that the top comes with the vanity. Nope, it doesn't.

Next on the list was a mirror. We needed a large mirror, at least 56 inches wide. We found plenty that big, but they were outrageously priced. Could not believe it. We shopped Lowes, Home Depot, bathroom specialty stores...and most were 350.00 upwards to over 1,000.00 bucks.

I was on a mission. I was bound and determined to find a mirror that we liked that did not cost a fortune. After many hours of researching. I found one. Kirkland's had a mirror, the size was right, it had beveled glass and looked okay. Only problem, the frame was the wrong color. No problem... I have plenty of practice with the paint brush. And for the price...$59.99, are you kidding? Yep no problem with the painting part.